Inkheart is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkheart trilogy, which was continued with Inkspell and Inkdeath. The novel won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Inkheart was the first part of a trilogy and was continued with Inkspell, which won Funke her second BookSense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature in 2006. The trilogy was initially concluded in Inkdeath, but has been revived in 2020 when Funke announced that a sequel called Die Farbe der Rache will be published by October 2021 in Germany. Following the release of the first Inkheart novel, New Line Cinema bought the film rights to all three books for a cinema adaptation.
| Author | Cornelia Funke |
| Original title | Tintenherz |
| Illustrator | Cornelia Funke |
| Series | Inkheart trilogy |
| Publisher | Germany Cecilie Dressler, UK Chicken House, United States Scholastic |
| Published in English | June 6, 2005 |
| Followed by | Inkspell |
About Inkheart
A young girl's father can bring characters out of their books and into the real world. The film is based on Cornelia Funke's novel of the same name.
Achievement of Inkheart
Author of the novel, Cornelia Funke, was a producer for the film. Most of the interior shots were filmed in England.
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